Social importance of recognizing the victimization for mothers of school shooters

This paper presents various topics that contribute to understanding Sue Klebold, Monique Lépine, Terri Roberts, Laurel Harper, and Parvinder Sandhu as secondary victims of school shooting homicides. With the application of Becker’s (1963) labelling theory, there is an opportunity to examine the potential ramifications these secondary victims suffer as the result of the shootings, in addition to examining if they are subjected to social labels. By studying secondary victims of crime and the labels imposed on them, this study may be able to understand why such individuals suffer from mental illness and/or sociological drawbacks. The results of this study indicate that the social labelling of secondary victims is a social reaction to the victim’s behaviour and relationship with the offender. These victims are more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminology

Grantor

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Partington, Ryan W.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Downing, Steven
• Cesaroni, Carla

• Secondary victims
• Mothers of school shooters
• School shootings
• Labelling theory
• Social labels

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10155/1017

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ontariotechu.scholaris.ca:10155/1017